NOAA-2 (ITOS-D), a U.S. operational polar weather satellite, co-manifested with AMSAT-OSCAR 6 amateur radio. Delta 0300 from Vandenberg SLC-2W placed both in sun-synchronous LEO for meteorological imaging and OSCAR-6 store-and-forward communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 327 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Delta 0300 flights
- Date and time
- 15 October 1972, 17:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 0300
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1972-082
- Launches in 1972
- 87th of 113
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